January 16, 2023
Why are drag queens and drag shows becoming more popular in America? RuPaul’s Drag Race Drag culture, now comprised mostly of young, liberal women, is why a movement originally intended as a deconstruction of frivolous, self-conscious, artificial masculinity has paradoxically become one of progressivism’s most powerful symbols of serious, authentic self-expression.
Darrell Paul, a professor of political science at Williams College, joined the podcast to talk about the recent First In the essay “Drag Queen,” he attempts to answer the above questions while presenting insights into his relationship with the LGBT movement, “wokeness,” and the predominantly female-led therapeutic culture in America.
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Darrell Paul, “Drag Queen” https://www.firstthings.com/article/2023/02/drag-queens
Darrell Paul “Under the Rainbow Flag”
https://www.firstthings.com/article/2020/06/under-the-rainbow-banner
Darrell Paul From Tolerance to Equality: How Elites Brought Same-Sex Marriage to America
https://www.baylorpress.com/9781481306959/from-tolerance-to-equality/
Psychologist Dr William Coulson explains how he led many nuns away from their calling
https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/we-overcame-their-traditions-we-overcame-their-faith-11916
James L. Nolan Jr. The Therapeutic State: Justifying Government at the Fin de Siecle https://nyupress.org/9780814757918/the-therapeutic-state/
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